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Contents 1 Basic Information 2 International Viewings 3 Series Overview 4 Trivia 5 Awards and Accolades

[edit] Basic Information

• Full Name: Queen of Swords
• Premiere Date: October 7, 2000
• Finale Date: June 2, 2001
• Network: First-run syndication

[edit] International Viewings

Known as:

• France: Tessa, à la pointe de l'épée
• Finland: Miekan lumo
• Greecs:Vasilissa tou xifous, I
• Hungary: A Kardok királynöje
• Portugal:Reinha de Espadas
• Spain: Reina de Espadas

[edit] Series Overview

• As in the theme song "Behind The Mask" all seven main characters have secrets to hide that are explored over the 22 episodes when their past lives return to haunt them.

• Tessie Santiago and Paulina Gálvez appeared in all 22 episodes.

• The opening titles includes clips fron the first seven production episodes and the last verse of the song "Behind the mask".

• Depending on local editing, some territories retain more profanities and more violence. The use of the word bastard is uttered by all the main character in various episodes. In Vengeance (Ep4), the use twice by both Ramon and Dr Helm is deleted by local editing. The Queens use to Grisham in episode Betrayed (Ep22) is deleted in some versions. The Serpents death scene (Ep10) is more drawn out, and in (Ep18), The Pretender, when Rey breaks his son's arm the sound of cracking bone is more pronounced in some versions..

• Anthony De Longis trained Tessie Santiago in the use of the sword and whip in preproduction and was the swordmaster/stunt coordinator on the first six production episodes (101-107, not 105). He also played Maestro Torres, Tessa Alvarado' fencing teacher in Destiny (Ep1) and the sadistic Krane in the episode The Hanged Man (Ep16).

Music

• Music composed by Phillip Stanger
• Music editor Kevin Banks
• Additional music John Herberman
• Theme from Queen of Swords performed by Jose Feliciano
  • Composed by Spencer Proffer and Steve Plunkett (BMI)

• Only the last verse is featured in the opening titles. The full unpublished English version is available on youtube[[1]] sung by Jose Feliciano with Spencer Proffer and Steve Plunkett

Television

• Canadian/Spanish/United Kingdom co-production
• Filmed in Widescreen 16/9 but generally broadcast in a cropped pan and scan 4/3.
• Filmed at The Texas Hollywood Studios (now called Fort Bravo), Tabernas, Almeria, Spain, which then as now, is a tourist attraction following it use in spaghetti westerns. The tourists were able to watch the show being filmed.
• Not shown in the United Kingdom until September 2008.

American actors appearing in the series:

• Tessie Santiago, David Carradine, Bo Derek, Elizabeth Gracen, Anthony De Longis.

British Actors appearing in the series:

• Valentine Pelka, Peter Wingfield, Simon MacCorkindale (also Co-Executive producer), Burt Kwouk, Grant Russell, Ed Stoppard, Michael Culkin, Richard Clifford, Amber Batty, Yasmin Bannerman, Steve Emerson, Dan Fredenburgh, Freddy Douglas, Darren Tighe, Stephen Billington, James Innes-Smith, Edward Hughes, Alex Hassell, Neil Newborn, Oliver Haden

Canadian Actors appearing in the series:

• Anthony Lemke

Chilean Actors:

• Paulina Gálvez, Christian De La Fuenta

Spanish Actors appearing in the series:

• Elsa Pataky, Tacho González, Jose Sancho,Jorge Montessi (also directed two episodes), Richard Cruz (was also horse stunt co-ordinator for the series), The Extras(soldiers, villagers, dancers)

Other:

• Ralf Moeller (German), Sung Hi Lee (S.Korean), Daisy Fuentes (Cuban), Cyriele Clair (French)

[edit] Trivia

The Queens Horse is called Chico (Ep18), his real name, and he had stunt doubles Champion and Escandalo for different scenes and his bridle and breastplate was identical to Toronado, Zorro's horse in the 1990 tv series ten years before. Both series were filmed in Spain.[2]. The same harness and breastplate was also used in the Alain Delon film Zorro (1975).

Captain Grishams white horse was Montero and was in the film Gladiator ridden by Russell Crowe.

[edit] Awards and Accolades